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Summary

Written for an eighteenth-century audience which prided itself on its decorum, sensibility and love of language, this is a farcicial comedy of manners.

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The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Sheridan's gift for turning situations on their heads is at the foundation of this farcicial comedy of manners. In the word-play of the comic scenes and the sentimentality of the lovers, Sheridan was writing for an eighteenth-century audience which prided itself on its decorum, sensibility and love of language. The Rivals is still as successful today. David Garrick remarked on watching one of its first performances in 1775: 'I see this play will run,' and 'run' it has ever since.
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ISBN 13 9780198319085
ISBN 10 0198319088
Title The Rivals
Author Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1968-10-17
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.